Nickolai Hubble

Do you think we’ll live happily ever after under net zero?

The fairy-tale truth about net zero Only the stupid question renewable energy Our energy system is naked Christmas is a time for reading fairy tales.…

The week in review according to the Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher reviews this week’s news… from 1999 China and Russia remain the key geopolitical opponents The UK still has the opportunity of divergence from…

Euthanise the rentier (Part 2)

“Inflation is taxation without legislation” You’ve seen this used before Why inflation had to rise out of control… on purpose What if central banks and…

How you will pay off Britain’s Covid-19 debt

When Hayek grabbed inflation by the balls How inflation swindles the equity investor Why we didn’t get inflation after QE1, QE2, … I’ve copped some…

7 dirty little secrets of the UK stock market

The stock market is not a retirement production machine. You can’t simply plug your money into one end and assume that a gold-plated pension spits…

The inflation was deliberate, and it’s not over yet…

Inflation is a policy with a purpose Financial repression requires low interest rates and inflation The inflation may be back soon It may sound like…

Nigel Farage goes walkabout just as immigration steals the show

Should we vote Nigel out of the jungle? The immigration debate goes wild Gold is back above $2,000, but why? It’s been a busy week…

Who will capture the gains from artificial intelligence?

Whenever a grand new innovation like artificial intelligence comes along, the different departments of academia begin to slug it out over who will capture the benefits from the new invention and who will bear the costs.

Why am I making myself redundant?

A few years ago, I found myself on stage with Bill Bonner, the founder of our business. The panel was asked about artificial intelligence, robots and automation. To my horror, Bill declared he was worried about

Too much information to profit? Try this…

Information technology revolutions change investing Investors face the challenge of too much information Here’s how that challenge will be solved by the next great investor…

Six stocks to watch in 2024

Towards the end of each year, our publisher Paolo Cabrelli puts together a particular type of report for Fortune & Freedom newsletter readers. It features…

Autumn Statement or Black Friday sale spruiker?

A tax cut that increases the tax burden?! De-banking Down Under style Who’s to blame for inflation? With Nigel Farage digesting all sorts of things…

Free energy from free money…?

Renewables are not cheap after all How interest rates popped the green bubble Why fossil fuels have a cost advantage The first tackles the way…

What Nigel Farage said about my book Threat Zero

2023 was the peak of net zero Politics is turning on the emissions crackdown Specific events will define the end of net zero One of…

It’s the metallic dissonance of net zero

The [correct] title of my new book Net zero’s cognitive dissonance implies a reckoning How to claim your copy of Threat Zero today By now,…

Nuclear power by process of elimination

The green bubble continues to implode We face a vast energy shortage Nuclear is looking like the only way out If “you can always count…

I’m a Chinese property investor… get me out of here!

Inflation is slowing, but prices are still rising In China, prices are outright falling! The Germans have tied their energy transition in constitutional knots Inflation…

The Americans who can explain Europe’s economic doldrums

The media is busy debating why the US’ economic recovery from Covid continues to leave Europe’s in the dust. But they’re all ignoring the crucial factor: population growth…

Is the coal and oil boom on already?

Germany’s Energiewende is now a cautionary tale Why BP will change its name to “Back to Petroleum” Net zero will be arrested for trying to…

It’s time for green dream believers to fall off their high horse with me

Doing the right thing shouldn’t be defined by “What about China?” What if net zero policies increase global emissions? Ethics is a thorny question for…